Tag archive for ‘Weird News’
By deskofbrian On Saturday, May 19th, 2012
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Police ‘waiting out’ diamond thief who swallowed the evidence

Police in Ontario, Canada say they will hold a man who allegedly swallowed a $20,000 diamond for as long as it takes for him to produce the evidence. It has been nearly a week since Richard Mackenzie Matthews, 52, More...

By deskofbrian On Friday, May 18th, 2012
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Horse spooked, swims 3 miles out to sea – Watch Rescue Video

An Arabian show horse named William was rescued three miles out to sea. William, a 7-year-old grey stallion, had been part of a photo shoot with other horses. Frightened, he bolted into the surf. He started to swim. More...

By deskofbrian On Friday, May 18th, 2012
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Woman collects beach rocks, puts them in her shorts, then they burst into flames

Rocks that a woman was carrying in her cargo shorts caught fire after a trip to a California beach, leaving her with severe burns,  and authorities are investigating whether phosphorous on the stones is to blame. Authorities More...

By deskofbrian On Thursday, May 17th, 2012
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Barbara LaFleur, New York woman, went shopping at the hardware shop – naked

 ’Ma’am, are you aware you have no clothes on?’  The Times Union in Albany, N.Y. says a woman visited a lumber yard sans clothing and told an employee, “Have a good day” on her More...

By deskofbrian On Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
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Florida family held up by TSA: 4-year-old daughter on no-fly list

A girl’s family had boarded their JetBlue flight in Ft. Lauderdale when an airline staffer asked them to leave the plane because the TSA wanted to speak with them. And I said, ‘For what?’… More...

By deskofbrian On Friday, May 11th, 2012
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Meet Sarah Burge, the human Barbie, who defends here $800K in plastic surgury

“People in the UK just don’t seem to get me,” self-confessed plastic surgery addict and “Human Barbie” Sarah Burge of Cambridgeshire, England, said Wednesday. The 51-year-old mother of three has made headlines More...

By deskofbrian On Thursday, May 10th, 2012
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Aaron Stefanski, Indiana dad straps kids to car, drives away

A dad in Fort Wayne, Indiana, has been arrested after allegedly strapping four young children to the hood of his car after a liquor store stop. The Journal Gazette of Fort Wayne reports that Aaron Stefanski told More...

By deskofbrian On Monday, May 7th, 2012
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Cow escape, goes to McDonald’s drive thru

Darcy wandered up to the drive-thru window at a Colorado McDonald’s on foot, employees didn’t just wearily tell her to go inside the restaurant to order like all of the other pedestrians. That’s More...

By deskofbrian On Saturday, May 5th, 2012
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Virgin Atlantic offers new Richard Branson ice cubes

If you didn’t think Virgin Atlantic cabins, with their mood lighting and retro sensibility, could get any more psychedelic, think again. The airline has just unveiled “Little Richard” ice cubes, More...

By deskofbrian On Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
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Judge says to return $1 million lottery ticket to woman who threw it away

An Arkansas woman who cashed a $1 million lottery ticket may have to give up the winnings to a woman who threw away the ticket after she bought it, according to a judge’s ruling Tuesday. The judge decided More...